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Surviving the Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime

Donna Day 1: The State's Start, The Defense's Response & How Jurors are Reacting

Surviving the Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime

Big Pond Podcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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0:00.0

Welcome to the global phenomenon, surviving the survivor, where we bring you the best guests in all of true crime.

0:07.6

Here's your host, Emmy Award winning journalist Joel Waldman.

0:12.0

It is hard to believe that opening statements occurred earlier today, because this was one of the longer days that I can recall inside courtroom 3G in Leon County.

0:23.6

Of course, we're talking about Donna Sue Adelson versus the state of Florida.

0:29.6

There are quite a few dramatic moments.

0:32.1

We're going to break them all down with our best guests in just one second.

0:38.3

So we heard opening statements today.

0:42.2

Very clear, very concise on the state part, and we're going to break that down.

0:46.4

And then we heard from Jackie Fulford leading Don Adelson's defense as far as opening

0:51.8

statements go.

0:52.6

And I got to be honest, sitting inside that

0:54.6

courtroom, sometimes, you know, with an athletic event, let's just say a New England Patriot

1:00.3

Super Bowl game just for, you know, an example. If you're at the game, sometimes it's harder to follow

1:06.9

than if you're at home watching on TV, getting all the analysis. And that was kind of the

1:12.4

case today. So I'm going to lean on our best guest to kind of break down what I was watching in

1:17.0

person. Some of it was tough to hear. Without further ado, let's bring her in. She is the Professor

1:23.3

Emerita, two words. The professor, Joe Petuto, Professor Emerita at University of Nebraska

1:29.9

Law School, and she's been helping out day in and day out with a color commentary.

1:36.0

But as a professor, this is what she lives for.

1:39.3

And then next up, this is a man who has just two names.

1:43.7

He probably has a middle name too, but John Singer,

1:45.7

man, everyone knows him. We miss them. We love him. Look at that tan, the summer tan. John

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